To justify that bonus Forcucci will need to be one of the 3-4 best pitching prospects in the system when he gets back from injury. Mildly surprised that Powell took less than $500k.
I’m not the best at the maths, but from the pool they had, in terms of slot bonus management, Houston traded their 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 20th round picks for a Competitive balance B pick (after the 2nd), two extra 5th rounders, and an extra 10th rounder. 1st round: Janek CBB: Forcucci 5th round: P Smith, Hertzler, Powell 7th round: Sullivan 8th round: Howard 9th round: R Smith 10th round: Verdugo, Palmer 11th-20th round: David, Schiavone, Boettger, Mathieson, Vogel, Mayer, Wagner, Burleson did not sign 20th rounder, did not have a
No they don’t. Not even close. For one thing we have been miles better in the playoffs with more homegrown talent. Only Will Smith is a dodger development success on their current team.
11 teams in MLB history have had 3 consecutive 100 loss seasons. Only 3 in the Modern MLB. The 77 jays (50 years ago, before free agency), the 2004 Royals, and us. We had the worst record in baseball each of those years, the jays finished last twice, while the royals only once. We had the worst 3 year span ever my guy. Completely true.
